Don't blame school bus drivers for management problems

Dennis Whitfield

In response to the May 14 newspaper article concerning Clarke County school bus drivers cheating on their time sheets: This may be true of some but certainly not all drivers.

It has been common knowledge among the drivers as long as I have been a driver (27 months) that this is going on. Management has failed in its oversight of the bus drivers. Bob Millians has admitted he was aware drivers were ''cheating'' on time sheets. He approved the poor system drivers use to account for their time and has turned a blind eye to the ''cheating'' because there was plenty of money in the budget.

In the face of budget cuts, he is passing the buck to the drivers. Clarke County has a group of good quality bus drivers. All problems at the bus department, including budget cuts, could easily be handled by good management. Millians does not have the people or communication skills to accomplish this task. The Clarke County bus transportation department needs new leadership.